Scandinavia

Austria and Switzerland will jointly host the 2008 European Championships following a vote of UEFA members.

UEFA president Lennary Johansson has told the failed bidders for the Euro 2008 soccer tournament to try again and fight for the 2012 finals.

The bidding cities hoping to host UEFA's Euro 2008 tournament are making their final presentations to European soccer's governing body today, ahead of tomorrow's final decision.

Sportbusiness.com has learned that UK pay-TV operator BSkyB has announced its intention to close its wholly-owned statistics service Opta.

Norwegian sports organisations are to benefit to the tune of B

UEFA has refuted claims the bid from Russia and the joint bid from Greece/Turkey to host Euro 2008 stood less chance than the other bidders.

Two bids to host UEFA's Euro 2008 tournament have emerged as favourites after the president of European soccer's governing body seemed to pour doubts on a number of the other bids.

TEAM Marketing has signed off two further TV rights deals for the next Champions League contract in Scandinavia and the Republic of Ireland.

As UEFA prepares to unveil the winning agency bid for the non-European TV rights to Euro 2004, it has pledged to its commercial partners the tournament will be the best ever.

The UEFA Executive Committee meeting gets underway today with the TV rights distribution contract to one of its major properties top of the agenda.

Competition for the new Champions League broadcast rights contract is hotting up in Scandinavia.

The Evian Ladies European Golf Tour has unveiled its raft of sponsors for the 2003 Solheim Cup.

UEFA will this week name the winning bid for the non-European TV rights for its Euro 2004 competition - a showdown between the biggest players in the sports marketing industry.

The bitter battle between FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former general secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen will be relived next month when Jon Doviken, personal advisor to Zen-Ruffinen speaks at a leading conference.

UK-based sports marketing company Fast Track has taken on the management of new sailing event, Europrix.

KirchSport has negotiated a renewal deal with pan-Scandinavian broadcaster the Modern Times Group (MTG) for the television rights to the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship.

The IAAF has confirmed the six cities to host the 2003 Golden League athletics series.

Terrestrial broadcaster ITV has been found in breach of the UK broadcasting act after it switched coverage of this summer's World Cup to one of its digital channels.